Artist
Giovanni Domenico Tiepolo Italian, 1727–1804
CultureItalian (Venetian)
Titles
- A Servant before a Group of Orientals
Datec. 1745-50
MediumPen and ink, brush and ink, and gray wash on antique laid paper
DimensionsSheet (irregular): 8 1/8 × 9 7/8 in. (20.6 × 25.1 cm)
Credit LineGift of Cecily E. Horton
Object number2017.381
Not on view
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Prints and DrawingsObject Type
Exhibition HistoryLondon, Royal Academy of Arts, The Paul Oppé Collection, 1958, no.364 (as ‘Homage’, by Giovanni Battista Tiepolo).
Ottawa, National Gallery of Canada, Exhibition of Works from the Paul Oppé Collection: English Water Colours and Old Master Drawings, 1961, no.144 (as ‘Homage’, by Giovanni Battista Tiepolo).
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
Verso: Inscribed in graphite, top right corner: 2148
Verso: Watermark, center right edge: [unidentified, upside down, C B with line between letters]
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